Windows – Apple Macbook Pro – Remote desktop to Windows 7 with drag & drop feature

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I have a Macbook Pro and I have downloaded a remote desktop program to connect to a Windows 7 computer remotely which is this one:-

http://helpdeskgeek.com/networking/connect-to-windows-pc-apple-remote-desktop/

Everything works perfectly fine, although I am unable to drag and drop files onto the Windows 7 computer where as you can if you remote desktop from Windows to Windows computer as it gives you the option to share the drive.

Does anybody know if there is any facility to be able to do this without using Teamviewer or Logmein client? (needs to be remote desktop)

Thanks in advance

Best Answer

Check this link out: It specifically mentions "Transfer files between host/client computer with Remote Desktop v8 on Mac"

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/a198403a-5f1e-458d-b88f-731bb0ac3e4c/transfer-files-between-hostclient-computer-with-remote-desktop-v8-on-mac?forum=winRDc

One more way might be to copy file from Mac to PC using Microsoft Remote Desktop by sharing a sub-folder and not the entire drive.

Here's how:

1. Select your PC in the main "My Desktops" window in the Remote Desktop

2. Click the "Edit" button (pencil icon)

3. In the popup click the "Redirection" button (folder icon)

4. In the popup click the "+" button and browse to the mac folder you want to share

5. Connect to the remote PC

6. Look for your shared Mac folder in your PC's "My Computer" directory

Hope this helped.

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